Cutting costs can be an overwhelming and painful task, but knowing where to focus your efforts can make it easier. Take a look at our top ten favorite strategies. It doesn't have to be as painful as you think, and who knows, you could become the...

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Infrastructure plans must support increasing performance expectations from the organization as well as continued growth. At the same time, expenses are constrained and IT Management must select low-cost solutions. It helps establish targets for...

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Changes to applications, archived data and systems can put capacity pressure on your infrastructure. Complete this worksheet to help you to understand what infrastructure investments you should consider, based on your existing capacity and...

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Infrastructure change can range in scope and scale. Use this tool to identify the best area(s) to focus your infrastructure efforts.

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Knowing when and how to invest in a significant infrastructure change rather than a minor incremental purchase is difficult.

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The current business outlook is unlikely to show major improvement anytime soon and IT budgets will remain under stress to extract maximum value from every available dollar. Network managers must anticipate how business unit response to these...

The current economic storm continues to batter network organizations as well as their companies. Network budgets are tight, financial conditions of key vendors and service providers are deteriorating, and personnel headcounts are under close...